For eight feverish nights and days, L’Chaim Chabad rabbis and volunteers made their way from hospital to senior home, community centre to quiet street corner, house to prison cell, in an effort to bring the light of Chanukah to all Manchester Jews.
From giant menorahs, to tiny dreidels, car menorah parades to delicious donuts, hundreds of Chabad volunteers used every means at their disposal. “It’s been a whirlwind of a week,” said Rabbi Yisroel Cohen, director of L’Chaim. “While one rabbi was at a senior party, another was running a teenage paintball shooting party, while one rebbetzin was coordinating a Chanukah Mommy and Me programme, yet another was bringing a Chanukah kit to someone in the… Read More »